Record Details

NHER Number:11663
Type of record:Cropmark and Earthwork
Name:Cropmarks of a possible undated rectilinear enclosure

Summary

Sections of a possible undated rectilinear enclosure can be seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The ditch features can be seen faintly in amongst a dense area of cropmarks. The date of the possible enclosure is unclear and its possible that the features may be natural in origin.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2246 2588
Map Sheet:TG22NW
Parish:BURGH AND TUTTINGTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

This record is for the possible rectilinear enclosure. The possible Iron Age square barrow and Bronze Age ring ditch have now been recorded separately. The possible Iron Age square barrow is now recorded as part of NHER 64327, and the Bronze Age ring ditch is now recorded as part of NHER 64328.

West side of field east of T-junction of field boundaries.
Small square cropmark.
Checked E. Rose, 19 October 1976.

See (S1).

15 July 1996. NLA air photography. NGR amended from TG 2240 2583.
Cropmark of square enclosure still visible, this feature could be interpreted as an Iron Age square barrow.
In addition to this feature is a circular feature at TG 2255 2589, this appears to be a slightly oval ring ditch, with a causeway to the south. This may be Bronze Age in date. Also to the north is an irregular rectilinear enclosure, the ditches of which are quite poorly defined. This feature is centred at TG 2245 2593.
S. Massey (NLA) 18 October 2001

February 2022. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Sections of a possible undated rectilinear enclosure can be seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S2-S3). The ditch features can be seen faintly in amongst a dense area of geological cropmarks. The date of the possible enclosure is unclear and its possible that the features may be natural in origin. The sections of possible rectilinear enclosure have been mapped by extent as they only appear faintly on the aerial photographs and the archaeological origin of the features is uncertain. The monument polygon has been updated to the extent of the possible undated rectilinear enclosure as seen on S2-S3.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 02 February 2022.

Monument Types

  • ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
  • LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Unknown date)
  • SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SQUARE BARROW (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection.
---Aerial Photograph: TG 2225A ACZ1 to D ACZ4.
---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2225X - AF.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 22 NW 12.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Monograph: 1977. [unknown]. East Anglian Archaeology. No 5.
<S2>Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TG2225/Y 15-JUL-1996 (NLA 370/HJV 14).
<S3>Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TG2225/AC 15-JUL-1996 (NLA 370/HJV 18).

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